Netgear Launches Email, Web Security SMB Appliance

Netgear has announced that with the launch of its new line of Security Threat Management (STM) products, it is delivering levels of security and performance to the SMB that are normally only within reach of the enterprise.

Small and midsized businesses need exceptional Web and e-mail security just as much as the enterprise does -- maybe more, in a sense, because there's often no dedicated IT specialist to make sure everything is safe.

To that end, Netgear has announced that with the launch of its new line of Security Threat Management (STM) products, it is delivering levels of security and performance to the SMB that are normally only within reach of the enterprise.

Aimed directly at businesses and delivered via Netgear's reseller partners, the STM Series of Web and Email Threat Management Appliances is Netgear's first family of products to be introduced under its ProSecure brand. According to the company, the Netgear STM Series combines best-of-breed security features and patent-pending Stream Scanning technology, providing the SMB with an enterprise-class web and email protection solution against rapidly evolving Internet-based threats.

The threat protection is provided by Kaspersky Lab, which incorporated the complete library of anti-malware and antivirus solutions into the Netgear products.

"SMBs face the same exact web and email threats as enterprises, so they require the same level of protection. However, SMBs don't have the same in-house expertise and budgets as enterprises, so solutions aimed at them need to be simple to deploy and cost-effective as well," said Jason Leung, Netgear's senior product line manager for SMB Security.

The STM150 is available now from value-added resellers at an estimated U.S. street price starting at $1,000. The STM300 and STM600 are due in the second quarter of 2009.

Kathy Yakal has been annoying computer magazine editors since 1983, when she got her first technology writing job because she tagged along with her ex-husband on a job interview. She started freelancing and specializing in financial applications when PCs became financial tools for consumers and small businesses (after a stint at a high-end accounting software company). She’s written for numerous publications over the years, and about the only one that’s survived her besides PC Magazine (where she started writing in 1993) is Barron’s. When she...
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